Enzo Frances Tessari and Marek Gengel will face off in the qualifications of the Malaga Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:30 am on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marek Gengel who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marek Gengel is the pick to win this match.
Marek Gengel -> 1.035
Enzo Frances Tessari -> 10.25
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Prediction and head to head Enzo Frances Tessari vs. Marek Gengel
There is no head to head record between Enzo Frances Tessari and Marek Gengel since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Enzo Frances Tessari
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0-4 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 12-25 | 12-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 4-13 | 4-12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, the Brazilian got to the qualifications after defeating Ivan Gakhov 4-6 4-1 ret..
In the qualifications against Gakhov, Frances Tessari recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 4-1 ret.). During the match, Frances Tessari and Gakhov scored the same amount of points (49). However, the world no. was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Frances Tessari was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Frances Tessari wasn’t able to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Enzo Frances Tessari lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Frances Tessari put 76% of his first serves in, winning 59% (24/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (5/13) on the 2nd serve. Frances Tessari broke Gakhov 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Frances Tessari has a negative match record in the last 2 years having won 31% of his matches (11-25). 7-12 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Frances Tessari has an aggregate11-24 record in the last 2 years on hard.
Frances Tessari has a compiled 7-12 win-loss record in 2022, 7-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Malaga Challenger
Frances Tessari has never competed in this tournament before.
Marek Gengel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-14 | 33-13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 16-27 | 14-15 | 0-7 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-29 | 28-16 | 4-8 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 52-28 | 47-14 | 3-8 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-17 | 16-12 | 2-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 425, the Czech got to the qualifications after beating Sergi Perez Contri 6-4 4-6 7-5.
In the qualifications, The Czech defeated Perez Contri (6-4 4-6 7-5).During the match Gengel scored less points (2) than Perez Contri. In fact, the world no. won 118 points vs Perez Contri’s. That means that Gengel was more focused during the important points. The Czech was exceptionally aggressive to blast 44 winners.
About the serving games, Gengel bagged 2 aces and he was not very consistent on his 2nd serve to score 10 double faults. Marek Gengel lost the serve 4 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Gengel put 58% of his first serves in, winning 67% (44/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (22/48) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Perez Contri 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Gengel’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Sharm ElSheikh.
Marek has an overall 16-15 win-loss record in 2022, 8-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Frances Tessari | Gengel |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 32 |
| Pts | 49-49 | 118-120 |
| Total Points | 98 | 238 |
| Winners | 24 | 44 |
| %Winners | 49% | 37% |
Both Frances Tessari and Gengel played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Enzo Frances Tessari surrendered 1 set, while Marek Gengel surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Frances Tessari and Gengel have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Frances Tessari played 17 games less than Gengel. Frances Tessari scored 24 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Marek fired 44 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Frances Tessari | Gengel |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 2 |
| 1st in | 41/54 | 66/114 |
| %1st in | 76% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 24/41 | 44/66 |
| %1st pts | 59% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 5/13 | 22/48 |
| %2nd pts | 38% | 46% |
Frances Tessari didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Gengel made 2 aces . Frances Tessari won 59% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 38% of the points. On the other side, Gengel won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Frances Tessari | Gengel |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 5/13 |
| % Converted | 75% | 38% |
| Conceded | 4 | 12 |
| Saved | 1 | 8 |
| % Saved | 25% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
The Brazilian broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Frances Tessari surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded. Marek broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Marek conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Frances Tessari | |||
| Q1 Gakhov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 4-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 49-49 | 49-49 | |
| Total points | 98 | 98 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 41/54 | 41/54 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 24/41 | 24/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 38% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Gengel | |||
| Q1 Perez Contri |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 118-120 | 118-120 | |
| Total points | 238 | 238 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 10 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 66/114 | 66/114 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 44/66 | 44/66 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/48 | 22/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 8/12 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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